Portal:Paleontology/On this day/April 24

April 24:

 * 1772 - William Beard was born in Banwell, England.
 * 1832 - Charles Darwin returned from an inland expedition to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where the rest of the crew of the HMS Beagle's second voyage awaited him.
 * 1933 - David M. Raup was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
 * 1962 - Henry Gee was born in London, England.
 * 1963 - Karol Sabath was born.
 * 1984 - Stephen L. Brusatte was born in Ottawa, Illinois, USA.